Trip of its leave. George conways gonna join us to break that down. Plus, your Information Secretary Pete Buttigieg joins us on set with a look at the president s and a Government Shutdown is just one week away, again. Republicans have a leadership problem, again. Congressman Gregory Meeks is here. Grab your coffee, settle in, welcome to the weekend. Congress has an extra week to get its act together and fund the government. After President Biden signed a Stopgap Measure late yesterday, there is a major challenge to getting a larger funding deal across the finish line. That is republican leadership. House Speaker Mike Johnson is once again drawing the ire of conservatives for his in the Biloxi Two To Go she ate on their behalf. Over in the senate, Mitch Mcconnells announcement hell step down as a republican leader this november was already sparked infighting, as other top leaders jockey to replace him. Turning us now to discuss is nbc news congressional correspondent, and the pride of
breaking news at the top of the. our united states forces announced it conducted several strikes yesterday, strikes against targets in hutu- controlled areas of yemen. united states central command says they were in self-defense and targeting unmanned vessels at multiple missiles in the red sea. this happens we captured the united states announced a weeklong campaign against iran- backed militias in the region. we want to switch to the united states senate, a package would aid for taiwan but we re here still, michael steele is not serious when he said he was running for the rnc chair. and we have thoughts about this package. it did clear a major procedural hurdle last night with 64 senators voting to advance it. but still faces a number of uphill battles before that can be a final floor vote. it also comes just days after senate republicans blocked a different aid bill. that bill had major concessions from democrats within the senate on the southern border. joining us now i
republicans and independents across the entire country exodus to reproductive health care, existence medical decisions needs to remain in the hands of the people. needs to be in the hands of medical providers. not elected officials. not members of congress. certainly okay, nikki freed. thank you so much. keep on keeping on. a new warning from jack smith about witnesses in the mar-a- lago case. those details coming up. and we ve been doing a very good day from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we have breaking news on the war in gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu ordering the israeli military to make plans for evacuating palestinians who are sheltering in the southern city of rafah. that is ahead of unexpected israeli ground assault in that city. here is a portion of their report today from partners at sky news. reporter: in rafah, in the south near egypt, a prelude of what is to come. airstrikes on what israel says are
good evening, my friend. we have a big news making interview tonight. we will get right into it. today, i saw down with former secretary of state presidential candidate hillary clinton and we covered a lot of ground. we talked about conflicts overseas in the middle east and in ukraine. we talked about donald trump s legal jeopardy and the utter chaos and the republican party. chaos that, by the way, it s in full display tonight. with the senate now scrambling to find a path forward after republicans killed their own bipartisan border legislation in order to appease donald trump. for weeks, republicans have insisted that they would not pass aid for israel in taiwan, as well as urgently needed funding for ukraine unless democrats agreed to have new border policies. just to put this all into perspective for, ukraine is facing some of its biggest challenges since this war began. russia has ramped up missile strikes across the country, as ukraine has been forced to ration muniti
some of tommy tuberville s blockade on military proposals, a move that leaves this country less safe. i a. am michael steele in for my good friend ayman my heady. be careful. if you re claustrophobic. tonight, we begin with the walls closing in on donald trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. as investigators at this federal state livers move toward the final stages of their probes. now let s start with the special counsel, jack smith s inquiry. according to reporting for the new york times and cnn, federal prosecutors recently sat down for hours, apparently, with both trump s son-in-law, jared kushner, and his former longtime aide hope hicks. and nbc news confirms that prosecutor spoke former white house communications director alyssa according to the times, what could the commission was asked quote, a according to four people briefed on the matter. that line of questioning suggests prosecutors are trying to establish whether mr. trump was acting with